Music
Dave Ferrato, Later, On Decatur (Independent)
Dave Ferrato is a Quarter Rat with an eye for storytelling detail and an ear for the classic currents of New Orleans R&B. This is an extremely polished and professional […]
Various Artists, En Français: Cajun ’n’ Creole Rock ’n’ Roll Vol. 2 (Bayou Teche Brewing Co)
Readers who may have missed the first volume of En Français: Cajun ’n’ Creole Rock ’n’ Roll are in for a real treat this year. According to Louis Michot, bandleader, […]
New Orleans Helsinki Connection, Paradise on Earth (Spirit of New Orleans Productions)
Sweetness and light abound on the latest release from New Orleans Helsinki Connection. Led by the inimitable Leroy Jones and buffeted by vocal contributions from Tricia Boutté and Yolanda Windsay, […]
Travis Matte and the Kingpins, Let’s Party (Mhat Productions)
It’s hard to believe that Travis Matte and his motley Kingpins crew have been at it for eight years now, releasing on average one CD a year. Matte’s eighth disc […]
Johnny Angel, More (Deuce Records)
It’s Johnny Angel’s name on the marquee, but the stars of More are really the backing band, particularly Jeff Greenberg’s impeccability at the ivories and Tom Fischer’s tenor sax lines. […]
Bob Dylan, Tempest (Columbia Records)
The saga starts with a man on a train passing through Carbondale, Illinois, riding home on the City of New Orleans. It ends at the grave of John Lennon in […]
Magic Slim and the Teardrops, Bad Boy (Blind Pig Records)
Besides being a human blues jukebox, Chicago’s Magic Slim has made himself into a guitar-playing cottage industry when it comes to releasing music. Certainly no other blues artist in the […]
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Preservation Hall 50th Anniversary Collection (Sony Legacy)
Ever since taking the reins of operating Preservation Hall — New Orleans’ shrine to the sources of music that coalesced into the earliest form of jazz — artistic director Ben […]
Chris Thomas King, Bona Fide (21st Century Blues)
Bona Fide offers a glimpse of Chris Thomas King in full stride propelled by mid-career confidence, a genuinely inventive and compelling inheritor of the blues traditions whose surprisingly intimate performances […]
Doug Belote, Magazine St (Independent)
Why isn’t New Orleans music accorded a greater presence in contemporary jazz? The city’s isolation from the musical mainstream is due in part to the eccentricities of its forms and […]
